Motive sought in shooting

Teenager wounded in incident remains hospitalized

Updated 8:09 pm, Monday, November 10, 2014

Police are trying to determine why a teenager was shot five times Saturday night, allegedly by a local landscaper he knew.

Daniel S. Clark, 27, was arrested on first-degree assault and other charges in the shooting of Kyle D. Cross as he walked through an undeveloped plot around Petra Lane at 9:52 p.m. Saturday.

Cross, who was shot in the arm, thigh, buttocks, calf and knee, stumbled to a nearby house and was taken to Albany Medical Center Hospital. While he is expected to make a full recovery, he remained in the hospital Monday evening.

Cross identified Clark as the shooter and said he was driving a landscaping truck. Clark owns Clark's Landscaping.

"The investigation is ongoing into exactly why this took place," police Lt. Robert Winn said.

He said whether Cross was the victim of mistaken identity is one possibility police are exploring.

"That certainly is something we are looking into, but nothing we can comment on at this time," he said.

Police records show no previous calls involving interactions between Clark and Cross or their families.

"Kyle Cross as well as Daniel Clark are well-known to Colonie police," Winn said, though he declined to be more specific.

Within 40 minutes of being notified of the incident, police located the landscaping truck and Clark at a house on Mary Hadge Drive. Clark was sent to the Albany County jail without bail, where he remained Monday evening. Andrew Safranko, Clark's defense attorney, declined to comment.

The weapon, a .22-caliber rifle designed to look like a military weapon, has not been recovered, Winn said.

"If anyone has any information on where the gun is, we'd certainly like to know that," he said.